diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index ca9b8c4..088d8b9 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -6686,6 +6686,7 @@
 {
     size_t transform_expansion;
     const mbedtls_ssl_transform *transform = ssl->transform_out;
+    unsigned block_size;
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_ZLIB_SUPPORT)
     if( ssl->session_out->compression != MBEDTLS_SSL_COMPRESS_NULL )
@@ -6704,8 +6705,27 @@
             break;
 
         case MBEDTLS_MODE_CBC:
-            transform_expansion = transform->maclen
-                      + mbedtls_cipher_get_block_size( &transform->cipher_ctx_enc );
+
+            block_size = mbedtls_cipher_get_block_size(
+                &transform->cipher_ctx_enc );
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1) || defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2)
+            if( ssl->minor_ver >= MBEDTLS_SSL_MINOR_VERSION_2 )
+            {
+                /* Expansion due to addition of
+                 * - MAC
+                 * - CBC padding (theoretically up to 256 bytes, but
+                 *                we never use more than block_size)
+                 * - explicit IV
+                 */
+                transform_expansion = transform->maclen + 2 * block_size;
+            }
+            else
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1 || MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
+            {
+                /* No explicit IV prior to TLS 1.1. */
+                transform_expansion = transform->maclen + block_size;
+            }
             break;
 
         default: